Roof live load may be reduced by the following equation.
Roof live load reductino.
Use of live load reduction in accordance with section 1607 11 shall be indicated for each type of live load used in the design.
1603 1 2 roof live load the roof live load used in the design shall be indicated for roof areas section 1607 13.
The nature of roof live load is different from that of floor live load so the approach to reducing roof live load is different from that used for floor the requirement is presented in asce 7 05 4 9.
Where l r shall not be less than 12 psf and not more than 20 psf.
Likewise roof live loads in the hong kong building regulation can be reduced as a function of the slope.
Roof live load reduction.
L r l o r 1 r 2.
1603 1 3 roof snow load data.
R 1 0 6.
R 1 1 for a t less than or equal to 200 psf r 1 1 2 0 001 a t for between 200 psf and 600 psf.